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Fatman

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Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« on: July 24, 2009, 11:12:50 PM »
Look around, laugh, cry, post the ones you like (or find totally stupid) here.  :)

http://www.rulesofthumb.org/

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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2009, 02:16:55 AM »
I always thought is was the  thickness of a stick with which it was allowed for a man to beat his wife,    ;)
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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2009, 07:12:29 AM »
"If you have to wear more than a yard of spandex, you probably shouldn't."  Rule of thumb?  Hell, that should be the law!
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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2009, 07:52:16 AM »
When a leader declares having 'full confidence' in one of their minions (this works for football coaches, prime ministers, executives), that minion has an average remaining time in office of about two weeks.

If a politician categorically denies something, you can bet that they did it.

When dueling with firearms, always aim lower than your opponent's vital area--to pierce the heart, aim at the knees.

From Mark Twain: "The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second-best swordsman; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him."

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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2009, 07:53:06 AM »
Quote from: philw on July 25, 2009, 02:16:55 AM
I always thought is was the  thickness of a stick with which it was allowed for a man to beat his wife,    ;)

It also applied to children, slaves and other chattels.
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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #5 on: Today at 05:49:46 AM »
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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2009, 08:51:34 AM »
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."

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Me: Naw, we just apply a gun-shaped remedy to those extreme life threatening situations that call for it. All the less urgent problems we're willing to discuss.

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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2009, 09:23:50 AM »
If the enemy is in range , SO ARE YOU.
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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2009, 01:08:27 PM »
That sounds like one of Murphy's laws of combat Tom.

In the military, never forget that all of your equipment was made by the lowest bidder.
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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2009, 01:13:26 PM »
Remember, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose but if you can pick your friends nose your too close!

FWIW

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Used to be "The only thing to FEAR was FEAR ITSELF", nowadays "The only thing to FEAR is GETTING CAUGHT!"

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Re: Just for fun - "Rules of Thumb"
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2009, 01:19:36 PM »
Pegleg's Law of Engineering (aka: rule of thumb, if you will, since it applies to most things):

Once a project becomes f***ed up, any and every thing you do from that point forward to try and fix it, only serves to f**k it up even worse.
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"When it comes to the enemy, just because they ain't pullin' a trigger, doesn't mean they ain't totin' ammo for those that are."~PegLeg
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